The Apology I Never Got

Sorry!

Sorry is just such an empty word.

It’s along the lines of “I love you”

…but that’s not what it means, right?

Of course.

Of course not.

Really they’re glad to get rid of you.

They tell you they’ll stay by your side but they’re nowhere to see.

Nowhere to find.

Neither right nor left.

Guess they meant your bad side then.

Sorry.

Sorry is just such an empty word.

It’s not really, but that’s what it becomes.

I love you.

Pathetic.

I love you!

Love is not an empty word.

Don’t use it empty.

I love you.

Sorry!

Sorry is just such an empty word.

Love.

Love is not an empty word.

I loved once.

I loved someone once.

She was wonderful, confident, beautiful.

She laughed and the world laughed with her.

She smiled and the sun could not outshine her.

Her joy was from the heart.

She was innocent.

She loved the world.

I loved her.

She loved with her being, her soul, her everything.

And you killed her.

I’m left with her bones.

With what remains.

The remains of a girl.

Her memories were all you dared leave alone.

I keep them.

I keep what remains.

I’m sorry.

She was loved.

She is loved.

The world she loved.

The world neglected her.

The world forgot her.

So I keep them.

I keep what remains.

I hold them like treasures.

I hold them for her.

I hold what remains as she no longer can.

I love you.

No.

I love you!

You never did.

Sorry, I’m sorry.

Sorry is just such an empty word.

Sorry.

You throw the word around like you did her.

I love you.

Pathetic.

I love you!

Love is not an empty word.

Sorry.

I love you.

Sorry.

Sorry is just such an empty word.

CCHIO

Art by Alex